Qatar…From Afar: Uncomfortable Questions II

Post published:July 10, 2014
Post category:Qatar Qatar Academy
Reading time:5 mins read

Did Qatar Academy know that the parent, who filed formal complaints against me at the school and got me fired, would also be filing felony charges with the authorities and would have me jailed?

Qatar…From Afar: Uncomfortable Questions I

Post published:June 24, 2014
Post category:Qatar Qatar Academy
Reading time:3 mins read

What if, in my place, there had been a "Western" teacher?

Qatar…From Afar: Autopilot

Post published:May 12, 2014
Post category:Qatar Qatar Academy
Reading time:6 mins read

What happened the evening of May 12, 2013, following my release from prison that afternoon, and the following day, when I was allowed to fly home!

Op-Ed on Ekantipur: Costs of Leaving Home

costs of leaving home

Post published:January 14, 2014
Post category:Projects Qatar
Reading time:6 mins read

What befalls the silent victims of semi- and unskilled migrant workers who die in foreign soil--their children and young siblings--is the death of their dreams!

Qatar…From Afar: Irony of Ironies

Post published:September 13, 2013
Post category:Qatar Qatar Academy
Reading time:10 mins read

What I thought of, and expected from, Muslims and Arabs in general before I arrived in Qatar, and what I actually discovered about who, what and how they are as a people, based on how they treated me (and other Asians).